July 2, 2009
“We are deeply grateful for this opportunity to learn to be useful and contribute to the society as HIV Medics. This is also a personal achievement for us all and a new beginning to lead a productive life extending a helping hand to Doctors and nurses and make the lives of fellow PLHAs better and bring smiles in our lives”. [The HIV Medics – 1st Batch Class Monitor/Representative]
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June 30, 2009
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the nation’s largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider, praised President Obama’s statement and video message on National HIV Testing Day, Saturday, June 27th.
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June 26, 2009
In an effort to raise local and national awareness about the importance—and ease—of HIV testing and to challenge attitudes about moving toward a streamlined model of HIV testing and counseling, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is proud to report on the successful completion of its recent and ambitious three week, 14 city AHF Magic Johnson HIV Testing Caravan which arrived in Washington, DC on Saturday, June 27th—National HIV Testing Day.
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June 26, 2009
By: Sharise M. Darby
Saturday is National HIV Testing Day, and it’s a reminder that Georgia has one of the highest AIDS rates in the country. With 19.7 cases for every 100,000 people, Georgia ranked ninth out of all states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data is from 2007, the latest available.
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June 25, 2009
On the eve of National HIV Testing Day, AIDS Healthcare Foundationn (AHF), the nation’s largest AIDS organization, today expressed its disappointment at the federal government’s failure to implement routine HIV screening, despite a 2006 recommendation issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to do so. Read More...
June 24, 2009
AHF Vietnam Cares in collaboration with VAAC and the Thai Binh provincial Health department and the Thai Binh Provincial AIDS Control Centre open the 4th ART Clinic in Dong Hung District Hospital in Thai Binh. Read More...
June 24, 2009
The journal Lancet Infectious Diseases examines whether President Obama is fulfilling his campaign promises to tackle HIV/AIDS abroad and at home. Read More...
June 24, 2009
By: Kelly Morris
Before election, President Obama pledged to continue leadership and increase investment to tackle HIV/AIDS, both worldwide—through the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)—and domestically. Read More...
June 23, 2009
A new Internet data map offers a first-of-its-kind, county-level look at HIV cases in the U.S. and finds the infection rates tend to be highest in the South.
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June 23, 2009
Your chances of getting infected with HIV may largely depend on where in America you live, a new report finds. The HIV/AIDS Atlas found that 80 percent of U.S. cases are clustered in 20 percent of counties -- typically comprised heavily of gay, black, Latino and other minority populations.
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